Harness line-holder



(No ModeL) i A. J. LARSON.

HARNESS LINE HOLDER.

No. 288,246. Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ALBERT J. LARSON, OF NEWHALL, CALIFORNIA.

HARNESS LINE-HOLDER.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,246, dated November 13, 1883.

Application filed April 14, 1893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT, Josue" LAR- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newhall, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Harness Line-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to aharness lineholder to be attached to the hame-ring to hold the lines and prevent them from coming undone and dragging under the horses feet, and being broken while the horse is being led to and from work, and also to hold the bridle when the horse stands harnessed while feeding. I attain these objects by bending No. 10 or 11 spring-wire, as shown in the drawing, in a spiral, A, of three or more turns, and the two ends B, I bend in a curvetoward each other, so that they cross when the line-holder is closed. I provide one of the ends B with an eye, 0, with which to fasten the line-holder to the heme-ring. The other end B, I provide with a finger-loop, D, by which to pull the lineholder open, and when open the two curved (N0 model.)

endsB form a ring or circle large enough to receive one end of the folded lines, and when the lines are placed therein, by letting go of the finger-loop D, the spiral A causes the curved ends B to close on the lines and hold them secure. I close a small wire ring, E, aroundthe spiral A at the junction with the curved ends B, to prevent them from spreading apart when in action.

Havin g described my invention, what I claim is As an improved article of manufacture, the harness line-holder consisting of the spiral A and the wire ring E and the two curved ends B, one provided with an eye, 0, and the other with a finger-loop, D, all fronia single piece of wire, and adapted, from its yielding character, to hold the lines secure, all substantially as set forth.

ALBERT JOSIAH LARSON.

\Vitnesses:

TATTINS VVASHINGTON STROBRIDGE, JAMES OoRNELIUs MoInERY. 

